Among the techniques covered are rule-based systems, artificial neural networks, fuzzy systems, Bayesian and statistical approaches, artificial immune systems, and hybrid systems combining evolutionary computation with other artificial intelligence techniques.

A partial list of topics includes memory, vision, planning, knowledge representation and construction, robotics, neuroscience, language, development and learning, and cognitive science. Readers will also find papers describing applications in such areas as data mining, adaptive control, medical and bioinformatics, games and multi-media, agent-based computing and modeling, complex systems, and chemical and biological systems.